Services set for LaVacca, former owner of Spanky's

1:45 PM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Rich LaVacca

Written by

John W. Barry
Poughkeepsie Journal

Friends and family of Rich LaVacca, the late owner of Spanky's Restaurant in Poughkeepsie, will gather at 4 p.m. Jan. 20 at Faith Assembly of God, 254 Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie. A memorial service will follow at the church.

LaVacca died Jan. 8 following a diagnosis of cancer. He owned Spanky's Restaurant on lower Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie for 25 years, ending in 2008.

"He was just so much fun and he was full of life," said Geri Del Vecchio, a Wappingers Falls resident who had known LaVacca for 30 years. "He was a good friend." ...